Domestic churn.



C. W. EBELING.

DOMESTIC CHUBN.A

APPLICATION min MAR. 9, 1918.

1,274,021. Patented July 30,1918.

UNITED srA'rEsf rArENrorFioE.

CHARLES W. EBELING, or ELM Grieve, WnsrvrfRGiNIA, ASSIGNOR or .ONE-HALF 'ro HARRISON W. ROGERS, or NEWYORK, N. Y., AND ONE-HALF TO'GEORGE E. HOUSE,

OF WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA.

DOMESTIC CHUJRN.

Application filed March 9, 1913. Serial No. 221,440.

sure member, which Vis so constructed vas toV readily attach to a'lvlasoirjar, so lthat the receptacle may be always at hand and` the dasher member may be sold independently of the receptacle. L

A further object ofthis invention is the provision of a novel form of dasher niechaf nism which permits of the easy insertion ory withdrawal of the, dasher through the mouth of a jar and at the same time causesV the rapid churning of the contents, the present churn being devised as a conservation measure in that a pound of butter' to a-pint of milk can be so churned as to produce tivo pounds of solid matter lwhich can beused similarly to the butter.

A still further ob}ect of this invention is the provision of a device which is simple,

durable and inexpensive in construction and thoroughly efficient and practical in use.

In the accompanying drawings: I.

Figure 1 is a small vieiv showing the present device applied to a Mason jar.

Fig. 2 is a view partly in elevation and partly in section of the cap and .closure member removed.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the dasher member and its stem.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the dasher meinber in open or spread position.

Figs. 5, 6 and 7, are detail views of the three dasher plates.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 10 designates a Mason j ar and 11 designates the cap or closure therefor, which is provided With a journaling tube 12 for the reception of the stem 13 which carries the operating handle 14 of the present device. The lower end Of the stem 13 is provided With the reduced threaded portion 15 providing the shoulder 16 and-a reduced cylinspeeniation gf Letters Patent. 1 Patented 'July 30, 191g drical portion *17.IAttached by means of 2 thel n ut 18 upon the threaded end 15 and held-.fixedly against the shoulder 16, is a blade or paddle 19, While mounted for free independent motion betivoeiithe cylindrical portion 17, the lower paddle 19, and the upper paddle 21, is the intermediate paddle 20. These paddles, Ywhen in the Vposition :is shoivn in Figs. 3 and l, constitute a perforated disl; which vvhenthe present device is moved up aiiddovvn form the churning of the substance or materialwvithin the rece-p acle 10. f v Y 'The upper section 21 is attached, by sol mount? dering or otherwise, to the sleeve ed for limited .rotary movement upon the louter end oithe. stem 13 and provided with.

the offset end for cooperation with the offset 24 of the dasher or disk opening and closing tubular stem- 25 carried by 'die cap 11. When it is ,desired to open or close theV blades 19, 20and 21,1the notched end of tlie stem 25 is placed in engage-ment 'with 'the .iotche'd end of the vsleeve `22. 1 By gripping the handle. 24, and moving the stem 13, the slceve22 beingheld fixed b v the stem 25.

and the blade 19 beingvfixed to the stein 13.

this blade ivill move and cause its lug/2S to engage one .edge Of the blade 2O so to move the blade,20Ythereivitli, saidblade 2G theny havingthe opposite edge engage .the

lug30 of the blade 21 so as to move the blade. 2ltlierewith, until the parts `assume the pvo' sition ias, shown in Fig. l, or. extended, the lug-.32oftheblade21 fitting in the recess 26 ofy the .blade 19 and thus limiting the extension of the blades. In order to collapse thc lblades it-is simply necessary to rotate the 'festem .13 in the opposite direction at which time the blade 21 in moving causes the blade 20 to move and carries it so that all blades aline and-fit one above the other. .By this means the blades are collapsed for the easy introduction and removal from the mouth of the jar 10 and can be extended after being placed in the jar so as to present the greatest dasher surface possible.

AS shown in Fig. 5, the lower section 19` is provided With a notch 26 adjacent the periphery thereof at one corner, While the lug 28 is provided upon the hub 29 thereof. As

before noted the blade 21 is provided With.V the lug 30 Which is carried by its hub 31.

Where so desired a spring 33 is mountedv upon the stem 13, this being so arranged as to elevate the dasher during the vertical movement or reciproca'tion thereof in the churning action.

l/Vhat I claim as new is:

l. A churn dasher including a hand-le -operated stem, a dasher member carried there by, said dasher member being composed of a plurality of segments one of said segments being iXedly connected to the 'lower' Iend of the stem and the remainder being mounted for independent rotary movement, c'opera tive means carried by the segments whereby when either the lower or upper one is moved in an opposite direction to the other, the respective segments are moved in succession into or out of alinement, and coperaltive means mounted upon the stem and engaging the upper segment for permitting such action.

2. A churn dasher including a handle yoperated stem, a tube mounted upon the stem for sliding and rotary movement, a cover carried by said tube, and a dasher member mounted upon the lower end of the stem and including a plurality of segments, the lowermost of said segments being mounted fiX- edly to the stem and the others being mounted for independent rotary movement, cooperative means carried by the `segments whereby when the upper segment is held fixed and the stem is rotated the segments are caused to be moved into alinement or engaged to form a-disk.

3. A churn dasher including a handle operated stem, a tube mounted upon the stem for sliding and rotary movement, a cover carried by said tube, a dasher member mounted upon the lower end ofthe stem and including a plurality of segments the lowermost of said segments being mounted lxedly to the stem and the others being lmounted for independent rotary movement, 'coperative means carried by the segments whereby when the upper segment is held fixed and the stem is rotated the segments are caused to be .moved into alinement or engaged to Vform a disk, and coperative means carried by the upper segment and the tube whereby the upper segment is held stationary while the stem is being rotated.

4. A churn dasher including a handle operated stem, three perforated segmental members mounted upon the lower end of said stem., the lowermost being xedly connected to stem and the other two being mounted for independent rotary movement upon the stem, cooperative means carried by the segments whereby successive movement is imparted 'to leach due to the rotation of either the stem or the uppermost segment, a sleeve surrounding the stem and `tixedly connected to the uppermost disk, a second sleeve mounted for rotary and sliding movement upon the stem, and coperative means carried 'by the adjacent ends of 'the tube and sleeve whereby when the same are in engage ment the uppermost disk is held against rotation 'during the movement of the stem to permit of the extension or *collapsingV of the segments.

5. A churn dasher including a handle operated stem, three perforated segmental members mounted upon the lower end of said stem, the lowermost being xedly connected to stem and the other 'two being mounted for independent rotary movement upon the stem, cooperative means carried by the segments whereby successive movement is imparted to each due to the rotation of either the stem or the uppermost segment, a Sleeve surrounding the stem and fiXedly conneet-ed 'to the Iuppermost disk, a second sleeve mounted rfor rotary and sliding movement upon the stem, cooperative means carried by the adjacent ends of the tube and sleeve whereby when the same are in engagement the uppermost -disk is held against rotation during the movement ott the stem lto permit of the extension or collapsing of the segments, and a closure member carried by said sleeve.

In testimony whereof I my signature.

CHAS. W. EB'ELING.

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